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Washington Post:
Barack Obama demands South Carolina stations pull misleading ad attacking Joe Biden — Former president Barack Obama is calling on South Carolina television stations to stop running an ad from a pro-Trump super PAC that uses his words out of context in a misleading attack on former vice president Joe Biden.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Ugly pro-Trump ad weaponizes audio of Obama, showing what's coming — There's now a good chance that Joe Biden will win South Carolina, which could give him an opening to right his campaign heading into Super Tuesday. While Bernie Sanders is still the clear frontrunner …
Matt Vespa / Townhall:
The One Democrat Who Is Scaring Ann Coulter...And It's Not Bernie Sanders
The One Democrat Who Is Scaring Ann Coulter...And It's Not Bernie Sanders
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The Mary Sue, The Week and Daily Kos
JM Rieger / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders says he has opposed authoritarians. …
Bernie Sanders says he has opposed authoritarians. …
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Mother Jones, Twitchy, Washington Free Beacon and National Review
Rebecca Klar / The Hill:
Biden leads by 18 points in South Carolina: poll
Biden leads by 18 points in South Carolina: poll
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Vox and Outside the Beltway
Associated Press:
The Latest: Sharpton sees socialism-civil rights parallel
The Latest: Sharpton sees socialism-civil rights parallel
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NBC News, The Hill, The Daily Beast, Associated Press and The Smoke Eater
CBS News:
South Carolina debate watchers most impressed by Sanders and Biden — CBS News poll
South Carolina debate watchers most impressed by Sanders and Biden — CBS News poll
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YouGov, Washington Free Beacon, The Daily Caller and Townhall
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Biden announces ‘six figure’ Super Tuesday ad campaign
Biden announces ‘six figure’ Super Tuesday ad campaign
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
ABC News suspends correspondent David Wright after Project Veritas sting — ABC News suspended one of its veteran correspondents late Tuesday for unguarded remarks he made in a video by operatives of Project Veritas, the conservative group that records “undercover” footage of mainstream journalists …
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‘Socialist’ ABC Reporter Admits Bosses Spike News Important to Voters, 'Don't Give Trump Credit' … BREAKING: Senior ABC Correspondent David Wright on Hidden Camera: How 'Bosses Don't See an Upside' for Reporting News; ‘The Truth Suffers’; Says ABC Doesn't ‘Give Trump Credit for What Things He Does Do’; …
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump campaign sues The New York Times for libel over Russia opinion article — President Donald Trump's presidential campaign sued The New York Times for libel over a 2019 opinion piece. — The campaign is seeking millions of dollars in damages for what it claimed was The Times' false claims …
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The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Wants You to Know He Has the Coronavirus Totally Under Control — The president is growing increasingly worried that the perception that his administration is in over its head is going to hurt his re-election bid. — President Donald Trump is frantically trying to quell criticism …
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Politico:
White House considers appointing coronavirus czar — The White House is weighing whether to appoint a coronavirus czar to coordinate the response to the spreading epidemic, according to two people familiar with the matter. — Officials are still debating whether such a role is necessary …
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Pippa Stevens / CNBC:
Trump is reportedly furious that the stock market is plunging on coronavirus fears — President Donald Trump is reportedly furious that stocks are plunging, believing that health officials' warnings have spooked investors, The Washington Post reported Tuesday night, citing two people familiar with the president's thinking.
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Former Atomwaffen Division Leader Arrested for Swatting Conspiracy — ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former leader of the white supremacist group Atomwaffen Division was arrested today on charges related to his alleged role in a conspiracy that conducted multiple swatting events that occurred here in the Eastern District of Virginia.
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Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Five arrested, accused of targeting journalists as part of neo-Nazi Atomwaffen group — A Texas man is accused of targeting a ProPublica reporter who named him as a leader in the white supremacist Atomwaffen Division by calling police to his office and home.
CNN:
Bloomberg once said Social Security was the biggest Ponzi scheme and argued for cuts to entitlements — Washington (CNN)Mike Bloomberg has vowed as a Democratic candidate for president to “strengthen entitlement programs.” But when he was mayor of New York City, Bloomberg twice compared Social Security …
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Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Trump to hold news conference on coronavirus US threat — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he'll discuss the coronavirus threat at a White House news conference Wednesday, a day after he sought to minimize fears of the virus spreading widely across the U.S.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Trump has no clue what to do in a disaster
Trump has no clue what to do in a disaster
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The Daily Beast:
MSNBC Benches Contributor Who Smeared Bernie Sanders Staffers — Johnson was a regular fixture on MSNBC, providing analysis of the Democratic primary, but he has disappeared from the network since making incendiary comments about the senator. — Following MSNBC contributor …
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Chris Matthews Confronts Warren: Why Do You Believe a Woman Over Bloomberg?
Chris Matthews Confronts Warren: Why Do You Believe a Woman Over Bloomberg?
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Baltimore Sun, HuffPost, The Slot and Mediaite
Betsy Swan / The Daily Beast:
Facial-Recognition Company That Works With Law Enforcement Says Entire Client List Was Stolen — Clearview AI, which contracts with law enforcement after reportedly scraping 3 billion images from the web, now says someone got “unauthorized access” to its list of customers.
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Philip Pullella / Reuters:
Pope to Catholics: For Lent, give up trolling — VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - During Lent, Catholics are called on to give up something, like sweets. On Wednesday, Pope Francis added a modern twist to the list of things to quit during the season and beyond: insulting people on social media.
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Larry Neumeister / Associated Press:
Court sides with Trump in ‘sanctuary cities’ grant fight — NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration can withhold millions of dollars in law enforcement grants to force states to cooperate with U.S. immigration enforcement, a federal appeals court in New York ruled Wednesday in a decision …
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New York Times:
It's Facebook vs. the Bloomberg Campaign vs. the Internet — The Bloomberg campaign is putting out more memes on private Instagram accounts — and running faster than Facebook can keep up. — Several high-profile Instagram accounts posted sponsored content for Michael Bloomberg's presidential campaign on Wednesday afternoon.
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Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian:
Mike Bloomberg's campaign is polluting the internet
Mike Bloomberg's campaign is polluting the internet
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Townhall and Washington Post
Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Campaign to open Trump community centers to woo black voters — WASHINGTON (AP) — Flush with cash, President Donald Trump's campaign is stepping up its outreach to black Americans as it tries to claw away support from the traditionally Democratic voting bloc ahead of November's general election.
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Jason Ganz / Data For Progress:
Sanders Ahead in Virginia and Colorado — Authors: Sean McElwee, Executive Director of Data for Progress, Jason Ganz, CTO of Data for Progress, — From 2/23 to 2/25, Data for Progress Data for Progress surveyed 499 likely voters in Virginia and 471 likely voters in Colorado.
U.S. Department of Justice:
Arrests in Four States of Racially Motivated Violent Extremists Targeting Journalists and Activists — Defendants Created and Coordinated Nationwide Delivery of Threatening Posters — Four racially motivated violent extremists from across the U.S. were arrested and charged today …
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NBC News and The Daily Beast
Politico:
Trump tightens his grip on intelligence — President Donald Trump is tightening his grip on the intelligence community as part of a post-acquittal purge of career officials and political appointees deemed insufficiently loyal, and the abrupt firing of his last intel chief is only the tip of the iceberg …
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Sam Gringlas / NPR:
With An Election On The Horizon, Older Adults Get Help Spotting Fake News — Toggle more options — At the Schweinhaut Senior Center in suburban Maryland, about a dozen seniors gather around iPads and laptops, investigating a suspicious meme of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Rasmussen Reports:
Trump Thumps Sanders in Head-to-Head Matchup — President Trump would KO Democrat front-runner Bernie Sanders if the 2020 presidential election were held today. — The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds Trump earning 50% support among Likely U.S. Voters to Sanders' 43%.
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Washington Times, Reuters, The Gateway Pundit and The Hill
John Sipher Screen / Standpoint:
Murdering reality: the spurious spies of fiction — Hollywood lacks the wit and the will to convey the complexities of the secret world — “Too fanciful to stomach”: John Krasinski in Amazon's “Jack Ryan” series (©AMAZON PRIME) — I recently watched the second season of Amazon's series Jack Ryan.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Bernie: I'd Rather Lose Than Let Bloomberg Spend Money on Me — The more moderate supporters of Bernie Sanders insist that, despite his simplistic and often demagogic slogans, he is in reality a hardheaded politician ready to make the necessary compromises to advance his agenda.
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NBC News, Townhall, National Review, IJR and Mediaite
U.S. Department of Justice:
The Department of Justice Creates Section Dedicated to Denaturalization Cases — The Civil Division's Denaturalization Section Will Investigate and Litigate the Denaturalization of Terrorists, War Criminals, Sex Offenders, and Other Fraudsters — The Department of Justice today announced …
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CNN, National Review and TheBlaze
David Harsanyi / National Review:
How Can Bernie Sanders Happen in America? — There are many good reasons not to normalize socialism here. — A number of pundits have recently argued that younger voters, especially those under 30, are less inclined to be bothered when they hear the word “socialism,” since they have no firsthand memory of the Cold War.
Jared Holt / Right Wing Watch:
PragerU Loses Appeal in Lawsuit Against Google, YouTube — The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that Prager University, a nonprofit organization created by right-wing commentator Dennis Prager, had no legal ground to stand on in its lawsuit against Google and YouTube …
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